Cafe Belém

What Reddit says

Portuguese café on College Street praised for custard tarts and good coffee. Redditors also mention a juicy pork sandwich on a crusty roll. Widely recommended, with some calling its tarts the best they've had.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 6.7
  Portuguese Tarts#5 for Portuguese tarts in Toronto
  Top pick
• Bifanas2 Redditors
• Desserts2 Redditors
• Pastries2 Redditors
• Sandwiches2 Redditors
• Breakfast Sandwich1 Redditor
• Cinnamon & Cardamom Buns1 Redditor
• Coffee1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “Good amount of pork slices piled onto a fresh and crusty roll. The pork was very juicy”

• “Close second. Best roll for sure. Pork had nicely fatty pieces.”

• “Cafe Bélem, which has pasteis de Nata (custard tarts), flan, bolo de Berlim (fried dough with pastry cream), several mousse cups”

• “Pretty good quality but small and overpriced compared to other places in my opinion.”

• “The Oakwood location is wayyyy better than Jack's and Sansa. The natas are wonderful”

• “Tried once and the custard was a bit runny. / undercooked, will try again though because the flavour was great”

• “the ones at Café Belém are among the best, I just think the deal isn't that great”

• “Cafe Belem def hits the bit of craving I have for wanting to go back.”

• “Café Bélem and Bakery Pompette are open today. Both are located in Little Italy. I shop at both a lot.”

• “$25 including tax covers a nice $12 to $16 sandwich from Lambo's, Tutti Matti, Cafe Belem, etc”

• “Excellent. I'm so happy this place opened.”

• “am I the only one who finds the pastel de nata at Café Belém kinda meh?”